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Security and Crowd Management Services

Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) · Local or regional public body

In brief

Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) has announced plans to buy security and transport work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £32,500,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 February 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 14 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Transport for Wales (TfW) is seeking qualified suppliers to express interest in providing professional Crowd Management/Control and Security Services for major public events and transportation station safety across its Wales and border network. The contract will be divided into two separate lots: Lot 1: Crowd Management/Control Services This lot covers the management and coordination of crowd movements and safety at events, including managing entrances/exits, monitoring crowd density, and supporting public order. The Supplier will play a central role in the planning, delivery, and ongoing development of all crowd management responsibilities across the railway network, alongside associated…Read the full description
Transport for Wales (TfW) is seeking qualified suppliers to express interest in providing professional Crowd Management/Control and Security Services for major public events and transportation station safety across its Wales and border network. The contract will be divided into two separate lots: Lot 1: Crowd Management/Control Services This lot covers the management and coordination of crowd movements and safety at events, including managing entrances/exits, monitoring crowd density, and supporting public order. The Supplier will play a central role in the planning, delivery, and ongoing development of all crowd management responsibilities across the railway network, alongside associated customer service functions. This includes support for major events as well as a wide range of operational activities requiring a crowd management or customer service presence, such as significant engineering works, passenger assistance, lift outages, and any form of network disruption. Lot 2: Security Services This lot covers comprehensive security provision including transport station supervision, incident response, and compliance with relevant licensing and legal requirements. The supplier will be expected to provide a fully integrated security service covering transport station oversight, incident response, and adherence to all relevant licensing and legal obligations. This will span the entire Transport for Wales (TfW) network, including stations, depots, on‑train environments, and major events. The required services include on‑board security and patrols, station and depot patrols, management of anti‑social behaviour (ASB), emergency response and on‑call support, security checks at key locations, event security and crowd management, as well as specialist functions such as drone operations. Across both lots, suppliers will be expected to hold recognised security qualifications and demonstrate robust operational and compliance management systems suited to event environments and security needs. **Please note a UK1 Pipeline Notice, has been published in relation to these requirements: ocds-h6vhtk-06a213 & ocds-h6vhtk-06a212**

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048205-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 051501-2026

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From notice 048205-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 22 May 2026, last updated 1 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.